Princess Bianca Colonna to Wed in Paris Christmas Week
Paris hosts the wedding of Princess Bianca Colonna granddaughter of Mrs John W Mackay next Wednesday a major social event. Gifts from the Bonvouloir family include antique plate laces jewels and emerald necklace or corsage decoration. The Countess Telfener gives a huge diamond sunflower and Mrs Mackay presents a diamond hair ornament and a diamond necklace with old lace. The bride’s trousseau and lingerie crafted by exiled French nuns are noted while Bianca delays choosing her wedding gown among many white gowns.
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Bianca Colonna
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Donna Bianca
Comte
Countess Telfener
Colonna
Bianca
Kaiser Declines Verdi Otello as Brunswicks Opera T
Kaiser visits Brunswick and attends Verdi Otello at the Brunswick Opera House. He praises the orchestra leader and awards gifts but declares Otello not to his taste and asks for music more impressive on his next visit. He gives a diamond scarfpin and a gold brooch to performers yet says he cannot remember the music. He seeks works that impress him.
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Brunswick
Brunswick Opera House
Herr Reich
Othello
Desdemona
Iago
Plymouth students host Westminster Chambers dancing party
The dancing party to be held by Plymouth students and their friends at Westminster Chambers tomorrow evening promises to be one of the holiday social events of the season.
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Partmouth
Westminster Chambers
Collision of Cambridge Cars at Roxbury Blocks Warren and Palmer
A Cambridge line crash at the Warren and Palmer streets intersection shattered woodwork and glass but caused no serious injuries. Motormen 7251 and 1537 and conductors 7344 and 7269 were aboard as a southbound car slowed for a stop and was struck from the rear by a northbound car. Glass and splinters filled the street for hours while section crews cleared the scene and passengers were reassigned to other cars.
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Warren and
Palmer Streets
Washington Street
Warren
Grove Hall
Loved Baseball More Than Wife Sparks St Louis Divorce Case
A St Louis divorce filing claims a husband loves baseball more than his wife. He reportedly sacrifices work to attend Cardinals or Browns games, highlighting the sport’s grip over his life amid other pastimes and social ills.
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Christmas Gift Trade Surges in State Street District
Chicago shoppers spent an estimated 17 million dollars in the State Street district during the holiday season. Experts agree the city saw record Christmas sales with strong demand for fancy goods despite mild autumn weather.
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Chicago
State Street
Northampton Clerk Arrested in New York Extradition Case
H. Percy Gosse of Northampton Massachusetts was arrested in New York charged as a fugitive from justice. He allegedly stole $280 from the Draper Hotel cash drawer on December 10 and disappeared. He was remanded to jail to await extradition.
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New York
H. Percy Gosse
Northampton
Mass
Gosse
Draper
Bodies of murdered men arrive from Diaz Mexico
The bodies of Robert Rutherford and C W McMurray, murdered near Diaz Mexico on December 17, arrived in El Paso tonight. Mrs Rutherford and Miss Anna Rutherford of Philadelphia, wife and sister of one victim, accompanied the remains and will depart for Philadelphia tomorrow.
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Robert Rutherford
C. W. McMurray
Diaz
Mexico
Rutherford
Anna Rutherford
Philadelphia
Yankee Tars Feast All Over the Globe this Christmas
Aboard US Navy ships worldwide today observed Christmas with meals and shore leave. Admiral Dewey's greetings were sent to all reachable crews as uniforms and ships celebrated aboard and ashore. Ships and bases from New York to Cavite and Shanghai, Hampton Roads to Norfolk shared holiday duties and merriment.
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Admiral Dewey
Yankee Stirs Monte Carlo as Card Sharks Watch
The American gambler Darnborough dominates the Monte Carlo tables, placing large maximum bets and ending a four day stretch with mixed results. He won 20 000 on Monday, 88 000 on Tuesday, lost 20 000 on Wednesday and won 30 000 on Thursday, claiming to be 11 000 ahead as he plans to stay another week.
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Darnborough
Sangfroid
Actor W. H. Compton Stricken With Severe Cold in Boston
W. H. Compton of the Sothern- Mahowe company, in Boston, is ill at the Adams House with a severe chest cold that may develop into pneumonia. The illness followed his role as Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet, forcing him to remain in his room for about four days.
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Sothern- Mahowe Company
Boston
Adams House
Mr. Compton
Friar Lawrence
Shakspere
Boston names on register of burned Broadway Hotel
The van Nuys Broadway Hotel fire yesterday left the night clerk salvaging the books. The register lists J. W. Cutter and J. J. Pateh among the Boston guests who escaped uninjured with others.
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Los Angeles
Cal
van Nuys’ Broadway
J. W. Cutter
Q. J. Pateh
Boston Directory Note on J T Cutter and G J Pateh
J T Cutter appears as a salesman at 600 Atlantic Avenue while his home is listed in Concord New Hampshire. The Boston directory does not include a G Jd Pateh.
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J. T. Cutter
Atlantic Avenue
Concord, N.hh
G. Jd. Pateh
Sorrowful Jamaica Plain Christmas for McCluskey Family
A Jamaica Plain family mourns the death of husband and father just before Christmas. Mrs James McCluskey and six children at 1 Union Place cope with grief as the father lies in City Hospital morgue, delaying Christmas dinner and gifts.
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James McCluskey
Union Place
Jamaica Plain
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Louise
Robert
Mary
Joseph
Fred
City Hospital
McCluskey
Fred McCluskey
Joseph McCluskey
Robert McCluskey
Louise McCluskey
William McCluskey
Mary McCluskey
Tragic Beating Leaves Family in Grief at City Home
The mother and children mourn as the father lies in City Hospital after a blow on the head near Washington and Northampton streets. He is diagnosed with concussion and skull fracture, awaiting final fate while grieving relatives and friends provide sympathy.
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Northampton Streets
Wrecked on Christmas Eve Near Durango Colorado
The eastbound Denver and Rio Grande passenger train from Silverton wrecked three miles from Durango on Christmas Eve. Many passengers were injured with twelve seriously hurt as a defective rail caused the crash. The chair car rolled down an embankment dragging other cars on their sides for over 400 feet. The engine tender nearly toppled while drive wheels rode on the ties. Cold weather intensified the injuries.
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Col
Denver & Rio Grande
Silverton
Man Dies After Milk and Beer Bet in Meriden Saloon
In Meriden Conn on December 25 Max Lichtenfeld drank four quarts of milk as a wager. He later consumed beer and appeared well but was found dead the next morning. The medical examiner cites acute gastritis caused by the milk beer mixture.
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Meriden. Conn
Max Lichtenfeld
Well Known Telegraphist Dies in Pittsburg
J. D. Flynn a noted telegraph operative for the Baltimore and Ohio and Western Union systems died at his Pittsburg home after a three day illness of pneumonia. He was born in Cleveland on December 16, 1810.
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Penn
J. D. Flynn
Baltimore & Ohio
Western Union Telegraph Companies
Mr. Flynn
Cleveland
Indiana Democrat Maines Attacks Taggart in Debate
Edgar L. Maines president of the Indiana Jefferson League condemns National Chairman Taggart in a Delphi Herald letter urging Democrats to overthrow the Taggart machine. He labels Taggart and allies as pirates and says most Indiana Democrats distrust his leadership.
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Indianapolis
Edgar L. Maines
Indiana Jefferson League
Taggart
Delphi Herald
Maines
Indiana
Western Speed War Imminent Between Railroads
San ta Fe and Union Pacific plan a speed war over transcontinental mail contracts worth about 450 900 dollars annually. Santa Fe refuses to slow its fast schedules while Union Pacific with Burlington and the San Pedro route must cut Chicago to Los Angeles times to protect mail.
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Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Burlington
New
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Settlement in Lawrence Dispute by Resigning Park Commissioner
On December 25 Helen Smallidge declined to accept the park commissioner post appointed by Mayor Lynch. The plan paired Republican Smallidge with Democrat William Carroll as assistant fire engineer. The issue arose that the park commissioner must be appointed by both branches of the City Council, prompting Smallidge to resign and clear the field.
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Helen Smallidge
Lynch
William Carroll
Smallidge
Smadridge
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